Quote Originally Posted by irving2008 View Post
My only concern with that is cooling. Laptops use some clever heatpipe arrangements for cooling. Also hard drive etc connections usually rely on the case for support. Personally I'd buy a cheap motherboard/CPU/RAM combo, you can get some good deals online.
The laptop just had a large chunk of copper, & fan nothing fancy. It's a really old P4 laptop, that has no keyboard, and the hinges are shot, so it's not much use for anything else. Drives Mach3 and the CNC without any issues though.

Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
Yep I agree. Something Like this would do it nice.
Gigabyte E-350 AMD ITX Motherboard HDMI and VGA - GA-E350N-WIN8 - CCL Computers
That's a good deal but....

  • It means spending more money, when I already have a suitable laptop!
  • I'd have to get a PSU in there somewhere.(The laptop brick would be easier to integrate)
  • Don't like integrated CPU's (Couldn't work out if it could be replaced or upgraded)


Regards,

Les